Each day, AGameAWeek Gold takes a look through the archive, to dig up any games that I've previously released on this day in history.

Sometimes they're fantastic.
Other times they're garbage.

Let's have a look at today's, shall we!?
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2009 - Splat 2000

I downloaded today's game, and had a play. It's a lovely little game. A nice fast-paced remake of the classic ZX Spectrum game "Splat", but with a snake, and entirely mouse controlled.
But then I wondered..
Why is it called "2000"?
Especially when I wrote it in 2009..?

Then I opened the included sourcecode, and immediately remembered the reason.

The included 1_2000.bb sourcecode is a mini-version of the game, crammed into 2000 characters!
In fact, it's actually less! The game fits snuggly into a 100x20 character area.


The .exe version is quite a bit bigger, with added music, and online highscores, but gameplay wise it's pretty much the exact same thing.
Not bad for 2000 characters!

You can Download Splat 2000 here for Windows. It also includes the smaller version's sourcecode in BlitzBasic format. Neat!